Ring of Invisibility

- Category: Ring
- Rarity: Legendary (Requires Attunement)
While wearing this ring, you can take a Magic action to turn yourself Invisible. You remain Invisible until the ring is removed, until you make an attack roll or cast a spell, or until you take a Bonus Action to become visible again.
Tactical Applications
Permanent Stealth: Provides unlimited invisibility with simple activation and deactivation. Exceptional for reconnaissance, infiltration, and tactical positioning with unparalleled stealth capabilities.
Class Synergies:
- Rogues: Perfect for rogues wanting unlimited stealth and infiltration capabilities
- Spellcasters: Essential for casters requiring protection through invisibility and tactical positioning
- Reconnaissance Specialists: Excellent for characters focusing on information gathering and surveillance
- Any Class: Universal utility for stealth and tactical advantage regardless of build specialization
Build Considerations: Requires attunement but provides unlimited invisibility with simple control. Most valuable for characters prioritizing stealth, infiltration, and tactical positioning.
Acquisition Methods
Crafting Requirements: Requires invisibility magic, illusion enchantments, and concealment essences. Creation cost 100,000-200,000 gp and takes 80 weeks.
Common Sources:
- Master illusionists and invisibility specialists
- Treasure hoards of legendary spies and stealth masters
- Commission from archmages specializing in illusion magic
- Found in the collections of invisibility researchers and stealth organizations
- Sometimes discovered in spy sanctuaries or obtained through legendary stealth missions
Alternative Acquisition: Extremely rare, often found only through epic quests or legendary stealth operations.
Value & Trade
Estimated Value: 150,000-300,000 gp, representing legendary utility with artifact-level stealth capabilities.
Trade Considerations: Extremely valuable, typically acquired through epic adventures rather than purchase.
Character Integration
Roleplay Elements: Suggests experience with espionage, stealth operations, or professional roles requiring ultimate concealment.
Character Concepts:
- Master spy with invisibility expertise and legendary stealth experience
- Infiltration specialist using unlimited stealth for reconnaissance and espionage operations
- Character with extensive experience in covert operations requiring ultimate concealment
- Stealth master combining invisibility with traditional concealment techniques
Adventure Hooks
The Ultimate Infiltration: Espionage missions where unlimited invisibility provides crucial advantages.
The Stealth Investigation: Reconnaissance operations where permanent concealment enables information gathering.
The Invisible Guardian: Protection scenarios where stealth enables covert ally support and threat elimination.
The Legendary Heist: Theft operations where invisibility determines success and escape possibilities.
Variants & Customization
Ring of Greater Invisibility (Legendary): Includes improved invisibility that doesn't break with attacks or spells.
Ring of Ethereal Invisibility (Artifact): Combines invisibility with ethereal travel for ultimate concealment.
Spy's Invisibility Ring (Legendary): Optimized for espionage with enhanced stealth bonuses and surveillance capabilities.
Specialized Variants:
- Assassin's Invisible Ring: Enhanced for elimination with improved stealth attack bonuses and concealment
- Scout's Reconnaissance Ring: Optimized for information gathering with enhanced observation and surveillance capabilities
- Thief's Perfect Ring: Specialized for theft with enhanced stealth bonuses and escape capabilities
Lore & History
Origins: Created by legendary archmages who needed ultimate concealment for the most dangerous magical research and operations.
Historical Significance: These rings enabled impossible infiltrations and the success of legendary espionage operations.
Cultural Impact: Represent the pinnacle of illusion magic and the ultimate achievement in stealth enhancement.
Magical Craft: Demonstrates master-level understanding of illusion magic and the most complex concealment processes.
Balancing Notes
Introduction Timing: Appropriate for levels 17-20 when legendary items become necessary and ultimate stealth provides crucial advantages.
Campaign Impact: Provides unlimited stealth balanced by extreme rarity and legendary item status.
High-Level Focus: Most valuable in campaigns featuring epic stealth challenges and legendary infiltration missions.
Encounter Design
Recommended Challenges:
- Stealth scenarios where unlimited invisibility enables impossible infiltration and reconnaissance missions
- Espionage encounters where permanent concealment provides crucial intelligence gathering advantages
- Protection situations where invisible support enables covert ally assistance and threat elimination
- Legendary challenges where ultimate stealth capabilities determine success and survival
Invisibility Adjustments: Encounters may need significant modification when unlimited stealth is available to player characters.
Related Items
Stealth Items: Other items that enhance invisibility and provide concealment capabilities.
Espionage Equipment:
- Items that improve stealth effectiveness and infiltration capabilities
- Equipment for reconnaissance and information gathering
- Tools for invisibility magic and concealment enhancement
Complementary Equipment: Items that enhance stealth abilities or provide additional concealment benefits.
Roleplay Opportunities
Stealth Mastery: Characters develop expertise in ultimate concealment and legendary invisibility techniques.
Espionage Leadership: Invisibility capabilities create opportunities for leading impossible infiltration missions and legendary stealth operations.
Concealment Excellence: Ultimate stealth enables exploration of themes related to identity, presence, and the nature of visibility.